Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Refusal \Re*fus"al\ (-al), n.
   1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded,
      solicited, or offered for acceptance.

            Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my
            refusal, to distress me more?         --Milton.

   2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of
      taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of
      a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.

Source : WordNet®

refusal
     n 1: the act of refusing
     2: a message refusing to accept something that is offered